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==Welcome To Viper!== | ==Welcome To Viper!== | ||
| − | Viper is the University of Hull's supercomputer and is located on-site with its own dedicated team to administrate it and | + | Viper is the University of Hull's supercomputer and is located on-site with its own dedicated team to administrate it and support users with their jobs. |
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'''What is a Supercomputer?''' | '''What is a Supercomputer?''' | ||
| − | A supercomputer | + | A supercomputer has a much higher level of processing power than a general purpose computer. |
| − | + | Viper has 180 compute nodes, each with 28 processing cores and 128GB of memory. Additionally Viper has 4 high memory nodes with 1TB of memory, 4 GPU nodes, and 2 Visualisation nodes. | |
| − | + | '''Why is Viper useful?''' | |
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| + | *Many jobs can be run at once | ||
| + | *These jobs can be split into tasks and run in parallel | ||
| + | *Using Viper frees up your personal computer | ||
| + | *It can complete tasks that your personal computer may not have the resources for | ||
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| + | '''Who might use Viper?''' | ||
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| + | Viper is currently being used for: | ||
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| + | * Astrophysics | ||
| + | * BioEngineering | ||
| + | * Business School | ||
| + | * Chemistry | ||
| + | * Computer Science | ||
| + | * Computation Linguistics | ||
| + | * Geography | ||
| + | * And many more | ||
==New Users== | ==New Users== | ||
Revision as of 09:34, 27 October 2022
Welcome To Viper!
Viper is the University of Hull's supercomputer and is located on-site with its own dedicated team to administrate it and support users with their jobs.
What is a Supercomputer?
A supercomputer has a much higher level of processing power than a general purpose computer.
Viper has 180 compute nodes, each with 28 processing cores and 128GB of memory. Additionally Viper has 4 high memory nodes with 1TB of memory, 4 GPU nodes, and 2 Visualisation nodes.
Why is Viper useful?
- Many jobs can be run at once
- These jobs can be split into tasks and run in parallel
- Using Viper frees up your personal computer
- It can complete tasks that your personal computer may not have the resources for
Who might use Viper?
Viper is currently being used for:
- Astrophysics
- BioEngineering
- Business School
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Computation Linguistics
- Geography
- And many more
New Users
New to Viper? Here is a step by step guide to help you run your first job.
Apply for an account (campus only)
Support
Further Topics
Additional information on more specific topics.